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Fotomat
1965–1990
“The drive-up hut where film became photos.”
Kiosks & Brands
The tiny gold-roofed drive-up huts marooned in the middle of parking lots, where you handed your roll of film through the little window and came back the next day for an envelope of prints and negatives. A whole photo store shrunk down to a booth barely bigger than a phone box. One-hour photo labs and drugstore counters made them obsolete by around 1990.
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Community Memories
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Blockbuster Video
1985–2010
“Friday nights walking the aisles for the perfect rental.”
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Tower Records
1960–2006
“Hours lost flipping through the racks.”
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Sam Goody
1951–2006
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Suncoast Motion Picture Company
1986–2008
“The mall's wall of movies.”
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